Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Shanghai Ruiyu Biotech Co. Ltd.

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Communications

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Shanghai Ruiyu Biotech Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating that the portfolio is not concentrated in one examination assignment.

CAI, PHUONG HAU is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should therefore track separate examiner and art-unit developments rather than treating the portfolio as a single examination stream.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CAI, PHUONG HAU 1 77.1% +25.8%
YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 1 75.0% +33.3%
BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1 44.9% +79.8%
JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1 71.6% +21.7%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18520607 COUNTING CHAMBERS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING PARTICLES IN TEST SAMPLES CAI, PHUONG HAU 21d
18477543 CULTURE DEVICES AND METHODS BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER —

Interview Candidates (4)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18520607 COUNTING CHAMBERS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING PARTICLES IN TEST SAMPLES CAI, PHUONG HAU 21d
18518934 COUNTING ASSEMBLY, COUNTING DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS —
18477543 CULTURE DEVICES AND METHODS BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER —
17823071 PARTICLE DETECTION DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD JEONG, YOUNGSUL —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2673 1
1799 1
1631 1
1772 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18520607 COUNTING CHAMBERS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING PARTICLES IN TEST SAMPLES CAI, PHUONG HAU 2673 §103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18518934 COUNTING ASSEMBLY, COUNTING DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 1799 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 24, 2023
18477543 CULTURE DEVICES AND METHODS BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2023
17823071 PARTICLE DETECTION DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1772 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 29, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Shanghai Ruiyu Biotech Co. Ltd. have?

Shanghai Ruiyu Biotech Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Shanghai Ruiyu Biotech Co. Ltd. applications?

Phuong Hau Cai has the most, with 1 of Shanghai Ruiyu Biotech Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Shanghai Ruiyu Biotech Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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